Yerevan to host international conference entitled "The Path to Social  Justice: Decent Work"

ArmInfo.On November 5, Yerevan will host an international conference entitled "The Path to Social  Justice: Decent Work" with the participation of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kailash Satyarthi. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of Armenia.

Satyarthi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 "for his fight  against the oppression of children and youth and for the right of all  children to education." Satyarthi is the first born Indian Nobel  Peace Prize laureate.

According to the ministry, the event is expected to be attended by  officials, politicians, experts and social partners from various  countries. Among them are also the Vice President of the Islamic  Republic of Iran for Women and Family Affairs Zahra Behrouz-Azar, the  Chairman of the Gulf Fund for Development (AGFUND) and the Arab  Council for Child Development, Prince of Saudi Arabia Abdulaziz bin  Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. Four panel discussions are planned on  the sidelines of the conference, where topical issues will be  discussed: child labor and education; policies for responding to the  challenges of the employment market; women's economic empowerment and  social justice; social justice and the role of the Gig economy (an  economic system in which people freelance and/or work part-time -  ed.).